Margaret McBurney ^1,15

   Another name for Margaret was Maggie McBurney.¹

  Noted events in her life were:

• 1881 Census of Canada: St. Francis-Xavier, Marquette, Manitoba, Canada. ²⁰ NA Film number C-13283, District 186, Sub-district J, Page number 10, Household 38.
Age 25 with husband Robert Houston (28) and daughters Mary Melinda (2) and Margaret (2 mo.).
Also in this houshold is Robert's brother Alexander (35) and his wife Isabella (27) and their children David (4), John (3), and Marianne (10 Mo.).
Two others are in the household, Jane Procer (10) b. England, and Harriet Demsey (22) b. Ontario.

• 1861 Census of Canada: Lot 31, Concession 6, 14 Jan 1861, Kinloss Twp., Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. ^27,30,35 Age 7 with father John (48), mother Mary (43) and siblings Hugh (22), Richard (20), John (16), William (13), Thomas (11), Jane (10), Annie Maria (4), and John James (1).
They were described as living in a one storey log home.

• 1871 Census of Canada, 2 Apr 1871, Kinloss Twp., Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. ⁹⁸ Reel C9933 p. 22 Dwelling 73 - William (24), Thomas (22), Margaret (16), John Hiles (sp?) of England (21). John Hiles and Thomas were storekeepers and William was a blacksmith.

Margaret married Robert Houston, son of David Houston and Marion Curr, on 19 Jun 1878 in Holyrood, Kinloss Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada ^1,15.^,104 (Robert Houston was born on 7 Feb 1850 in Lesmahagow, , Lanark, Scotland ^105,106,107 and died on 26 Sep 1934 in Macdonald, , Manitoba, Canada ^105,106,108.)

  Marriage Notes:

Bruce County Marriage Record:
#001434-78 (Bruce Co.) Robert HOUSTON, 27, b. Scotland, of Kinloss, Saw miller, s/o David HOUSTON & Marion CARR, married Margaret McBURNEY, 23, b. Canada, of Kinloss, d/o John McBURNEY & Mary ATKINSON, witnesses: William HOUSTON & Richard McBURNEY, on 19 June 1878 at House of the Bride's Mother.

Pres., Pres., Revd. D. Davidson, by lic., Kinloss, Bruce
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